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Busing Students Fails To Erase
Last Vestiges Of Segregation
CHARLOTTE (AP) —
Although the Charlotte-Mecklen-
tiiirg school system’s attempts at
Jesegregation through busing
jave been largely successful,
[lasses still are racially imbalanc-
between classes for gifted
itudents and those for slow
|(araers, officials say.
“We’ve come a long way in
l{[insof desegregation,” said Ar-
Griffin, a former school
t»ard member and advocate for
children. “But onCe those
lids go through the schoolhouse
loot, they become segregated.”
Throughout the system’s 10
gh schools, no matter what the
(dal breakdown of. the in-
(vidual school, this pattern
merges: Academically gifted
jasses are mostly white. Skills
iasses for slow learners are most-
Mack. Systemwide, the percen-
age of black youngsters
iassified as gifted and talented
slO% in 1986, school officials
ay.
'If you went into a
ademically gifted class, you
lould see two or three black
jdents, some Asian students,
id you would see white
(dents,” said Frank Rozzelle,
iBcipal of East Mecklenburg
di, where 19% of the students
black.
“If you went into a chemistry
you would see about five
students,” Rozzelle said.
Hen, if you went into the
Ktal math classes, you would
class of predominantly
ick students.”
Some black parents say
pible black students are not en-
iraged to take the most
illenging courses, to work
lard membership in the honor
ciety or to participate in stu-
government.
"1 really bglieve that the sehool
iiem can do something more,”
Mildred Baxter-Davis, a
1 member ' of Allies for
Quality and Equity in Education,
an advocacy'group of about 30
black parents formed this vear to
help black children.
“We have to do a little bit
more than is required in the
classroom to pull these children
out who have not had the proper
home environment and give them
extra encouragement,” Ms.
Baxter-Davis said.
“Something is wrong with our
system if you can educate white
children and you can’t educate
blacks — and you are not
educating blacks when you don’t
allow them into certain clubs or
to get certain honors or to take
certain classes,” she said.
The problem, educators say, is
’arger than the sehool system. It
.s the problem of a society where
blacks generally are economically
and socially more disadvantaged
than whites. They are behind
even before they begin school.
“Not every black youngster is
behind, but many are,” said
Deputy Supt. Robert Hanes.
“Two things are directly related
to youngsters’ achievement: the
education of the parent, par
ticularly the mother, and the
socioeconomic level of the fami
ly. Black youngsters often start
off behind, and closing the gap is
extremely difficult.”
Geneva Smith, a ninth, grader
at East Mecklenburg High
School, is an example'of a stu
dent who started in the academic
mainstream only to become
discouraged in. an algebra class in
which most students were white.
“Everybody in there was
smarter than me,” she told Tfie
Charlotte Observer.
Geneva transferred into
general math. Now she’s in the
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»• Lucas, a long-time educator and president of
versity, discusses concerns about education, particularly in the historicallv black college with First
Nancy Reagan. The two conversed recentiy during a United Negro College'Fund
Shaw
Lady
City,
Fayetteville Businessman
Marion ‘Rex’ Harris May
Run For Lt. Governor
‘his week during Trustee Board meeting outside of the Jones
Building in the cause of increasing security on campus.
FAYETTEVILLE (AP)'— A
black Fayetteville businessman
says he is considering running fdk
lieutenant governor if another
black former state Sen. John
Winters decides not to enter the
race.
Marion “Rex” Hams told The
Fayetteville Observer four
political action committees have
urged him to enter the race,
although he declined to identify
the PACs.
“I think it’s time for a
statewide black elected official,”
Harris said. “If John .Winters
will not run, I’m 90% sure I
will.”
Winters, who represented
Harnett, Lee and Wake counties
in the Senate, “I haven’t decided
to jump in unless there is ade
quate funaing and assurance
that.”
The field of possible ca
didates already includes Sen
Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, ai
Harold Hardison, D-Lenio
Craw'ford, D-Graitvill
and former Rep. Park Helms t
Charlotte.
Harris, a Republican in tli
mid-70s and a member of th
state Board of Transporatior
switched to the Democratic Part
in 1976 and served as state cam
paign mangager for Rev. Jess
Jackson in 1984.
Harris said he favor,
eliminating runoff election:
beeause they discriminate agains
■ minorities. He also said he woulc
like to shift more state money tc
traditionally black universities.
Glenn Miller Reportedly Will Plead Guilty To Weapons Charge
SPRINGFIELD, MO. (AP) —
Bcr White Patriot Party
iltr Glenn Miller, indicted on a
lipons charge by a federal
jury in Springfield, is ex-
ittd to plead guilty to the of-
*t, federal prosecutors said.
Sliller, 46, is charged with one
®t of illegal possession of
grenades. He was indicted
'Lesday.
He will be allowed to plead
ly under an agreement set up
by the U.S. Attorney’s office in
Raleigh, N.C., said U.S. At
torney Mike Jones in Springfield.
“Miller will plead guilty to this
(weapons) offense in North
Carolina, under a process called a
Rule 20 transfer,” Jones said.
Jones explained that the agree
ment means Miller will not be
returned to Springfield, for
sentencing. But Jones said Miller
may come back to the Ozarks to
testify against fellow white
supremacists.
The plea agreement recom
mends a five-year sentence for
Miller. The weapons charge car
ries a maximum penalty of 10
years in prison, along with a
$250,000 fine. Jones said no
sentencing date has been set.
Miller and two other men were
arrested when federal agents
stormed a trailer home in Ozark,
Mo., in April.
Eight of the nine counts hand
ed down Tuesday named the two
other men, Robert Jackson, 26,
and Douglas Sheets, 30.
The indictment charged that
Jackson and Sheets conspired
with Miller between March 31
and April 30 to possess various il
legal firearms, Jones said. The
weapons included machine guns,
sawed-off shotguns, a silencer
device, hand grenades and other
explosives.
Jones said Jackson and Sheets
Sullivan Calls For Aid To
Poor, Unity Between Races
also were charged with conspiring
to kill blacks and Jews during the
same period.
Miller already stands convicted
of operating a paramilitary
organization in defiance of a
federal judge’s order.
He was free on bond pending
an appeal, but authorities issued
an arrest warrant after they
realized Miller had left his
Hillsviile, Va., home.
A nationwide search for Miller
was launched when he mailed a
“Declaration of 'War” letter to
several media organizations. The
letter called on white
supremacists to launch a war
against blacks, Jews and govern
ment officials.
Miller, Sheets and Jackson
were arrested a week later at the
rented trailer home near Ozark
Mo.
WILADELPHIA (AP) —
Ueon Sullivan, known as a
*Pion for the rights of black
111 Africans, called on U.S.
Tuesday night to address
*ty and racial inequality at
It.
^'ilivan, a Philadelphia pastor
• wrote the Sullivan Prio
ri told an audience of 3,000
fcthat “de facto” segrega-
tyf schools continues and the
•»Pic gap between blacks and
It! was widening,
ftom this historic place,”
"W said from the Constitu-
ifavilion on Independence
yl call on the President of
™ited States, Mr. Ronald
“P. to provide the leader-
' wd to place as much em-
Jon helping the poor and
Jl the races as he does on the
•lion of the Persian Gulf
providing aid to the
a crowd
interfaith
that
Wause
Sullivan’s speech to
assembled for an
Bicentennial Convocation
celebrated constitutional
guarantees of religious freedom.
In June, Sullivan denounced as
ineffective the principles he an
nounced in 1978 as employment
guidelines for U.S. companies
operating in South Africa. The
principles were designed to help
erode the apartheid social system
of segregation.
During his impassioned,
15-minute speech, Sullivan con
centrated on domestic issues.
“In the area of race relations,
America has a job to do,”
Sullivan said. “The division bet
ween black and white is growing
deeper and deeper every day.”
Sullivan said the 13th, 14th and
15th amendments to the Con
stitution, written after the Civil
War to abolish slavery and give
blacks equal i^otection under the
law. haH vaf
punctuated law, had yet to’be realized.
“The words of the Declaration
of Independence and the Con
stitution have not been realized,
yet the spirit of what they say still
holds true for the survival of
America,”
Sullivan also assailed the lack
of aid for the poor.
“If we can put men on the
moon, we can put poor people on
their feet in the cities of
America,” he said. “Something
is wrong. We are forgetting the
little people of America,”
More than 1,000 people walked
with candles from 12 nearby
churches to the pavilion as part
of the convocation.
Farrakhan to Speak
In Los Angeles
Despite Controversy
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -
Black Muslim minister Louis Far
rakhan has announced that his
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WASHINGTON — With Judge Roberi Bork seated alongside, former President Geraid Ford (i) testifies
on the former’s behalf at the start of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Fo“
said Bork is “uniquely qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.” (UPJ PF